In a failed attempt at reconfiguring old blueprints, this western, set at the end of the Civil War focuses on a colonel's hunt for a man against whom he holds a grudge. And that's all there is to it, except for a bizarre metaphysical-come-scriptural subtext that is at best ambitious, and at worst unintelligible.

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(15) 111min

In this age of filmmaking retrograde, substantial lengths of celluloid are devoted to the lazy re-hashing of successful formulae and gratuitous remakes. Unfortunately this is not confined to action films or romcoms, as Seraphim Falls, a western, follows…